F1 meets MotoGP: Fernando Alonso and Marc Marquez race in Japan

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Fernando Alonso in action at the Yas Marina Circuit during the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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F1 star and MotoGP champion race in Japan

Alonso vs. Marquez on two wheels

Race part of Honda Racing Thanks Day

(CNN)He's more used to four wheels, but Fernando Alonso looked just as sharp on two as he took to the track with reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez in Japan.

The double Formula One world champion was on track at the Motegi Twin Ring Circuit at the weekend as Honda -- engine-supplier to the Spaniard's McLaren F1 team -- brought the curtain down on their motorsport year.

Social media wags have already made light of this using the popular hashtag #PlacesAlonsoWouldRatherBe with @SomersF1 using a famous image of the F1 driver -- conspicuously sunbathing at the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix after being eliminated early during qualifying -- placing it into a shot of the Mercedes UK headquarters in Brackley in southern England.

Alonso and Marquez were two of several Honda Racing stars appearing at the annual event.